Old Friends Never Die

There is no such thing as a mad scientist...right? They are just Hollywood creations developed for your entertainment. No one is that cracked--that driven to insane feats of science for the sake of...what? Revenge? Status? To prove that they are better than their peers? Sure, mad scientists are just a story--the imaginings of a creative mind--at least that's what I used to think.

I had it all: a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, and more money than I could shake a stick at. So why did I answer the call from my old high school buddy? I hadn't seen the guy in ten years, and out of the blue I get a phone call, in the middle of rush-hour traffic no less.

"Hello." I swerved to miss an idiot doing forty-five in the left

Unless you mean for us to disbelieve the narrator, that is. That'd be fun.

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I had it all: a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, and more money than I could shake a stick at. So why did I answer the call from my old high school buddy?

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I'd answer a call from an old high-school buddy no matter what. Maybe this buddy was unsettling in high school, and the narrator never really liked him instead?

Why would someone shake a stick at money?

EDIT: Oh, and I'd like to read it. af_haste at hotmail dot com.